Private company
Central China Railway
Logo: 2Q, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3
Railway company in Japanese-occupied China
The Central China Railway (Japanese: 華中鉄道株式会社, Kachū Tetsudō Kabushiki Kaisha; Chinese: 華中鐵道股份有限公司, Huázhōng Tiědào Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) was a railway company in Japanese-occupied China established after the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was a joint venture between Japan, the Reformed Government of the Republic of China and the Nanjing National Government.2 It is headquartered in Shanghai.1 It is part of Central China Industrial Development Company.1 It ceased to exist in 1945.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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The Central China Railway (Japanese: 華中鉄道株式会社, Kachū Tetsudō Kabushiki Kaisha; Chinese: 華中鐵道股份有限公司, Huázhōng Tiědào Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) was a railway company in Japanese-occupied China established after the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was a joint venture between Japan, the Reformed Government of the Republic of China and the Nanjing National Government.2
Subsidiaries and ownership
Parent company
- Central China Industrial Development Company
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
Links
- WikipediaCentral China Railway
- WikidataQ11620025
Sources
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- 2WikipediaCentral China Railway on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsCentral China Railway logo by 2Q, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4Wikimedia CommonsCentral China Railway photo by 朝日新聞社, Public domain